WWII comfort women speak out in Tiffany Hsiung’s ‘The Apology’
By Diana Cheng AAP Arts & Film Writer United Nations researchers report that between 1931 and 1945, the Japanese military forced an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 women and girls into[…]
Category: Women
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March. Knock. Elect Women.
Editorial by Hoo Sook Hwang ST. PAUL, Minn. (Nov. 3, 2018) — U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith joined U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4) Saturday morning to rally a[…]
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Vandalism of Arby’s restaurant sign is racist, misogynistic, says CAIR-Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 1, 2018) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) on Saturday condemned the racist and misogynistic vandalism of an Arby’s restaurant sign in Brooklyn[…]
Akiko Fujimoto named associate conductor of Minnesota Orchestra
MINNEAPOLIS (June 27, 2018) — The Minnesota Orchestra announced Wednesday that Akiko Fujimoto, who joined the Orchestra’s artistic roster as assistant conductor in 2017, has been named associate conductor for[…]
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The Time’s Up movement gets a major boost at the 90th Academy Awards
Oscar Night Review By Diana Cheng The Time’s Up movement pushing for equality and diversity was the thrust at Sunday night’s Academy Awards. Time’s Up, a movement addressing the ‘Oscars So[…]
St. Anselm professor discusses Aziz Ansari, sexual assault and cultural norms
Manchester, N.H. (Jan. 25, 2018) — Of the many stories in the news over the past few months involving well-known men committing sexual assault, few have been as controversial as[…]
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Asian Women United of Minnesota partners with local shelters in toy drive
MINNEAPOLIS (Dec. 14, 2017) — Asian Women United of Minnesota is partnering with David Dumas, owner of Diamonds & Gold International, Inc. based in St. Louis Park, in holiday toy drive. Other[…]
Report: Women of color underrepresented among doctors, face major barriers
Women of color are only 11.7 percent of doctors, well below their population share OAKLAND, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2017) — A new report from The Greenlining Institute and the Artemis[…]
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Organizations condemn Southwest Airlines’ racial and religious profiling of Muslim professor
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 23, 2017) — South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), joined 30 other national and local civil rights organizations,* including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in condemning Southwest[…]
Parallel Liberation Struggles conference
MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 6, 2017) — The Parallel Liberation Struggles: Lessons in Resistance conference is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 in Keller Hall, Room[…]
